Fish ID - KIZ & Co.! :-)

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:26 pm

My mam is obsessed with bottom feeders of all varieties. She picked up this guy when she was in town this week. Any idea what it is??

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by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:33 pm

Thats a stunner and i fish ive been wanting for a long time. Its a twig catfish/Farlowella vittata or Farlowella acus its hard to tell but either way it will get 6-7" long and good community fish but it will need feeding pellets and veg it cant just live of flake that falls to the bottom.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:35 pm

Mam has a whole host of pellets etc. and veg that she drops down for them all daily so no worries there. Smile

I was just very curious about what it was because I had never seen one before.

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:39 pm

Good good. There not massively common but are quite easy to get ahold of.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:23 pm

Just measured him. He's already 5 and a half inches long. Smile

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:26 pm

Cool. its pretty much fully grown then.
How big is the tank?
Has she just got the one?
They have been bred in aquariums so it would be quite cool to get 4-5 and see if she can get a breeding pair.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:31 pm

Its in a 30G at the moment with a few of those wee albino cory's.

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:35 pm

That sounds good. If she can get ahold of more i would get 4-5 and see if she can get a pair and then sell the others. Ive been doing a bit of research and going by the legnth and width of the snout im 99% sure its a Farlowella vittata.

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:38 pm

There was only the one in-store but I've text her and told her to keep an eye out for more.

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:40 pm

Fair enough. They dont need to be in groups its just there a nice fish to have and if you can get them breeding bonus.

by **2tall** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:40 pm

Its surely a cool looking catfish! I like it!

by **Irish_Lass** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:42 pm

Thanks F.Banks - its not my kind of fish but he is a wee cutie in a strange sort of way.

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:44 pm

Thats the thing i love about cats there just so ugly they look great.

by **2tall** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:05 pm

Thats what makes this hobby so fun is the variations of all the different fish.
The more I look around the more I see of course. Always like seeing new(to me) fish!

by **kizno1** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:20 pm

Same. I always like stuff thats a little different to just the normal. Hence why i love catfish and the characters and colours of cichlids.

by **2tall** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:43 pm

I might dedicate a 10gl to a small group of corys. Possibly the Emeralds'
Skunks or Pandas. Lots to choose from! Maybe something for the top
portion of the water like a pair of dwarf gouramis.

by **silverrabbit** on Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:46 pm

Wahey, funky fish! I've seen these in my fave LFS, but they were much smaller than 5inches

by **kizno1** on Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:22 pm

Well i finally saw one at my lfs today and guess what it was dead. Im gutted in all the times ive went there ive never seen a dead fish and out of all the fish it had to be the one i would have brought :[

by **Irish_Lass** on Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:25 pm

Did you mention to them that you would be interested in one?

by **kizno1** on Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:33 pm

Nah i didnt bother because i dont get through there much. Im just going to go for a group of royal whiptails instead.

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